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Walking, mental travelling, and writing London’s territories. An interview with Iain Sinclair

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:40:52 +0000

now out in Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa.

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The whole unabridged transcript is available upon request.

Scrutinizing the streets…

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:33:41 +0000

Ph. by Daniele Nicolosi

September sequence

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:34:00 +0000

capacitedaffect · September sequence

Sensing the City, Surveilling the Body: Algorithmic Urbanism and Affective Governance – CFP

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:25:25 +0000

A CFP for the next ISA Congress – open now : https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session27467.html

The alien in town. A story of value, measure, and erasure

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:51:32 +0000

An “elusive” keynote speech given at

WHAT’S THE URBAN WORTH? REVALUING THE VALUE OF URBAN LIFE ICS-ULISBOA, 26-28 NOVEMBER 2025

https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/lisbon-early-career-workshop-urban-studies-1

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I had a wonderful time in Lisbon with all the participants to the workshop hosted at this interesting ICS building, and am now on my way back home.

Ritorno sulle folle

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:31:55 +0000

Una discussione con e intorno a un libro di Elena Bovo.

13 novembre 2025, h.17:30, Palazzo Geremia, Trento.

An occasion to resume my old interests in Scipio Sighele – see http://www.capacitedaffect.net/?p=501

Deptford. Ageing in the City

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:24:51 +0000

with Caterina Nirta

Abstract. In this article, we conduct an applied territoriology of Deptford, a town in south-East London, to highlight the peculiarities of ageing in place in the context of a changing neighbourhood. We look in particular at the intersection of ageing and public space, devising a phenomenological gaze onto places, with an eager ear towards the stories they tell – and sometimes, conceal. An exercise in trans-scalar thinking ensues, whereby large-scale urban trends are illuminated through the mundane and the ephemeral. The neighbourhood emerges as a ‘fold’ of potentially conflicting but actually coexistent turns, whereby an emplaced ‘generational time’ is crafted.

Keywords: ethnography of public space; urban ageing; walking as method; urban transformations; London

>>> draft available upon request

Into Deptford Creek

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:29:39 +0000

Graffiti in the Lawscape (with Cecilia Brazioli)

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 17:32:07 +0000

Now published at : https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/5/108

Giornata 7 marzo!

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:51:53 +0000

…in the exquisite company of friends…